Dark Adventure Radio Theatre - read-along script - H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”

Oct 6, 2026

Read-along script for Dark Adventure Radio Theatre presenting H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. Includes a cast list, opening radio narration introducing a young man’s journey to a decayed seaside town of deformed residents and ungodly secrets, and a preface set against 1928 Worldwide Wireless News reporting on federal raids and arrests. Features an interview scene with Agent Jack McGraw and Robert Olmstead, building tension through concealed investigation history, creeping illness, and an urge to recount a contagious nightmare.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages78

Reading Time2 h 0 min

AccessFree to download

Cast List

INTRO

PREFACE

INTERVIEW

OF INNSMOUTH

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H .P . Lovecraft Read-along Script for Dark Adventure Radio Theatre March 9, 2009 HPLHS, Inc . ©2008, all rights reserved For Internal Use Only Cast List OLMSTEAD-Matt Foyer ZADOK ALLEN-Barry Lynch STATION AGENT-Sean Branney TILTON-Kacey Camp BILLY-Steve Coombs UNCLE WALTER-Andrew Leman LIBRARIAN-McKerrin Kelly SARGENT-Andrew Leman MCGRAW-Dan Conroy HOTEL CLERK-Mark Colson PEABODY-John McKenna CREEPY CUSTOMER-Sean Branney CHESTER LANGFIELD-Noah Wagner ANNOUNCER-Josh Thoemke RUDE PASSENGER-Mark Colson OPERATOR-Leslie Baldwin NATHAN REED-Andrew Leman EVIL-LOOKING MAN-John McKenna BANK CLERK Josh Thoemke 2. 1 INTRO 1 SFX: static, radio tuning, snippet of 30s song, more tuning, static dissolves to: Dark Adventure Radio THEME MUSIC . ANNOUNCER Tales of intrigue, adventure, and the mysterious occult that will stir your imagination and make your very blood run cold . MUSIC CRESCENDO . ANNOUNCER This is Dark Adventure Radio Theatre, with your host Chester Langfield . Today’s episode: H .P . Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. MUSIC DIMINISHES . The sound of the OCEAN AND GULLS . CHESTER LANGFIELD A young man’s journey takes him toa dilapidated sea-front town, rife with deformed characters and ungodly secrets . Can he escape the terrifying town with his life, or will the sinister residents of Innsmouth and their hellish allies drag him down to a horrid fate beneath the waves? A few piano notes from the FLEUR DE LYS JINGLE . CHESTER LANGFIELD You know folks, whenever I feel glum or weary after a long day in the studio, I get my energy back by lighting up a Fleur de Lys cigarette. The road to pleasure is thronged with smokers who have discovered the superior fragrance and mellow mildness of Fleur de Lys . You’ll enjoy their pleasing, energizing effect, and they never get on your nerves . Fleur de Lys: smoke as many as you want . Dark Adventure LEAD-IN MUSIC . 3. CHESTER LANGFIELD And now Dark Adventure Radio Theatre presents: H .P . Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. 2 PREFACE 2 TRANSITION MUSIC . CHESTER LANGFIELD Folks who listened to their radios a few years back might remember news stories about a town in Massachusetts called Innsmouth . . . . MUSIC: WORLDWIDE WIRELESS NEWS FANFARE . NATHAN REED Worldwide Wireless News, February 24, 1928. Federal agents raid waterfront town in the government’s ongoing war against illegal liquor. I’m Nathan Reed for Worldwide Wireless News . A secret investigation of conditions in the Massachusetts seaport town of Innsmouth culminated today in a massive Treasury Department raid . G men stormed crumbling and supposedly empty houses along the waterfront, arresting dozens of people on suspicion of liquor trafficking. Wharves and warehouses used for illegal activity were setablaze and dynamited by police demolition experts. Federal Agent Jack McGraw oversaw the vast series of raids . MCGRAW The Bureau has been investigating Innsmouth for months, based on information provided by concerned citizens . The government acted to protect the public safety and health . 4. NATHAN REED Agent McGraw declined to provide further details into the ongoing investigation, but residents of neighboring towns say that Innsmouth has long been a dangerous place. An outbreak of plague and resulting riots shook the town in 1846, and it’s had a shadowy reputation ever since . CHESTER LANGFIELD The story quickly faded from the headlines . There were some rumors about disease and concentration camps--talk of military prisons and Naval submarines off the coast- -but there were never any formal charges or public trials, and no one ever saw the captives again. People forgot about Innsmouth, exce

FAQs

What is the core storyline introduced in the script’s opening?

A young man’s journey leads to a dilapidated sea-front town filled with deformed characters and ungodly secrets. The narration asks whether he can escape or will be dragged into a dreadful fate beneath the waves.

What do the preface news reports describe about Innsmouth?

Worldwide Wireless News reports a Massachusetts waterfront raid in 1928, involving Treasury Department action against suspected illegal liquor trafficking. It also references earlier turmoil and a lasting shadowy reputation for Innsmouth.

How does the interview scene with McGraw and Olmstead progress?

Agent McGraw revisits Robert Olmstead, who shows bleak despair yet becomes more academic and engaged. Olmstead explains that McGraw previously urged him to stay silent, but he now feels driven to talk about it and recount a disturbing nightmare.

Oct 6, 2026

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